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ancianita

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22. Then we need to take our cues from youth, who have everything to lose. We have to not treat what's playing out in real

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #20)

Sat Jan 25, 2025, 03:28 PM

Jan 2025

time as a trainwreck spectacle, but instead use our energy to spread the map of reality beyond what I call the pre-totalitarian spectacle. Another future is possible, and the ungodly Heritage oligarchic network is still vastly outnumbered. If we don't win the war (only battles) we'll be held accountable by youth who will then only trust each other. Hopefully we'll be the reality winner such that the future won't come to that.

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